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Ways to boost your workout motivation and endurance. Mar 06, Lunabee rated it really liked it. I liked it, the most because it's a honest memoir of a non-professional runner. Mar 27, Sylvie O'rourke rated it it was ok. Self-deprecating account of an atypical athlete. A little humor goes a long way during physical distancing days. Glad I had this in my home collection. Aug 04, Lyz rated it it was ok. Bitter, much? Let me preface this by saying that I run.
Like Jennifer Graham, I am not a fast runner. I am 50 years old and I run an mile on a really good day and a mile on a crap day. I get what Jennifer Graham is saying With about everything. She's divorced. Yes, very sad. And who isn't? She was unhappy when she was married and she's unhappy divorced Bitter, much? She was unhappy when she was married and she's unhappy divorced. There's a common denominator there You know, no one hands us happiness on a china plate.
We have to make our own happiness. But making your own happy is hard work, and like changing your eating habits, sometimes it's just easier to be unhappy. But is it? Is it really easier to be unhappy? I don't think so. She is spending an awful lot of time and energy being unhappy. And that brings me to weight. Jennifer Graham really hates her weight.
She moans and groans about it. She clings to her feelings of inadequacy. She grasps on to every childhood slight. Yet apparently she doesn't hate it enough to change it. Yes, Jennifer Graham, I get it.
I was a size Now I am a size 4. I didn't become this way after a week of resisting ice cream and cookies. I didn't get this way by just running. I got this way by completely overhauling my eating habits and doing the math But the math can be overwhelming. It's hard. Losing weight is horrendously hard, which is why people give up.
And she's one of them. Then quit complaining. Either do it or don't. But realize that you can't have both results and excuses.
Which brings me to hard Running sucks. I hate running. But I love the accomplishment of running. I love knowing I can do what's hard. Jennifer Graham isn't pleased with her running.
She's unhappy being a middle of the packer. Is she ever happy?? Every time I finish a run I feel accomplished. Not quitting IS an accomplishment.
Oh, and she doesn't post the Because running She resents not running faster and therefore what she does do isn't good enough, yet she's full of excuses for not being faster Heaven forbid you should be a self-assured Shirtless Wonder.
Or perhaps they too are steeped in their own misery. Or thinking about their jobs or problems at home or just daydreaming. Why does she expect their focus to be on her???
Self absorbed much? Perhaps if she quit running alone and joined a running club she could get to know some undead Shirtless Runners. Jennifer Graham is bitter. Bitter about her marriage. Bitter about her divorce. Bitter about her weight. Bitter about her pace. Bitter about the confident. I kept waiting for "funny" There isn't much funny about bitterness.
Perhaps she should take the Wellbutrin that's consistently offered her. She needs it. Mar 04, Katie rated it it was ok. Just-OK memoir from a fat runner, all about running, her love of running, and her constantly feeling out-of-place amongst her running brethren, whom she deems the "shirtless wonders"--i. The author seemed to think she was funnier than she is. I mean, the book was amusing, but not really laugh-out-loud funny. She talks all about her love of running, which she has done for a really long time, and all kinds of scrapes and funny situations she has gotten into.
The title Just-OK memoir from a fat runner, all about running, her love of running, and her constantly feeling out-of-place amongst her running brethren, whom she deems the "shirtless wonders"--i. The title refers to people's tendencies to stop and offer her a ride because they think that surely a fat person would not be running down the street by choice.
She goes into a lot of thought-detours involving religion, and her silent conversations with dead famous runners who serve as her mental running coaches. These parts I found kind of tedious. But I enjoyed a lot of the musings on running in general. Feb 23, Christen rated it it was ok. I just couldn't finish it. I found myself groaning at the thought of picking it back up.
If you are an "overweight runner" as I feel I am at lbs, I think it's important to get a sense of what overweight means to you before picking this book up.
The author, while probably out of shape, and maybe not having as much physical stamina as many runners, is at a weight t I just couldn't finish it. The author, while probably out of shape, and maybe not having as much physical stamina as many runners, is at a weight that is considered average.
Her stories of her ex-husband felt like they droned on, and after awhile I just wanted to say "get over it". Great premise, great start, but not a book that needed 25 or so chapters. I really wanted to like this book! Mar 13, Jessica rated it liked it Shelves: running-health. This made me think a lot about identity and about how we see ourselves as fat, slow, not a runner, etc versus how others may see us.
As someone who has had significant weight issues and still struggles with some body image issues, I'll confess that the way she talks about herself as "fat" in a self-deprecating bordering on disparaging way made me uncomfortable, but it also made me think a lot about how I see myself and how running changes how I see myself.
I definitely identified with a lot of the "not a typical runner" thoughts and experiences she describes and laughed out loud at the episode with the donkeys.
Sep 18, Marta Veenhof rated it really liked it Shelves: non-fiction. This was a nice light-hearted and quick read about the story of a woman's battle with being a self-proclaimed fat runner and the seemingly oxymoronic implication of that phrase. She has some funny and sad stories about her life as a fat runner that allow you to see the sport from the perspective of a person that does not fit a typical postcard model body runner stereotype.
Personally there are too many religious references for me in this book and some points where agnosticism and atheism are shot This was a nice light-hearted and quick read about the story of a woman's battle with being a self-proclaimed fat runner and the seemingly oxymoronic implication of that phrase. Personally there are too many religious references for me in this book and some points where agnosticism and atheism are shot down, but every author is entitled to write from their perspective and that is the beauty of reading another writers work: you get to see a taste of their mind and thinking because you chose to pick up the book they wrote.
May 23, Melanie Springer Mock rated it really liked it. More about Graham's life, her divorce, etc. Hard-core runners will probably be disappointed. While some other reviewers seem stuck on Graham calling herself "fat" when she may not be by US standards, she does a good job of contending with that critique within the book itself, and in the process she expresses the often unnamed problem that in running communities, extreme skinniness is prized, so much so that women over pounds have their own racing divisions called "Clyde More about Graham's life, her divorce, etc.
While some other reviewers seem stuck on Graham calling herself "fat" when she may not be by US standards, she does a good job of contending with that critique within the book itself, and in the process she expresses the often unnamed problem that in running communities, extreme skinniness is prized, so much so that women over pounds have their own racing divisions called "Clydesdales" because of their size.
Talk about disordered body images! At any rate, a good summer read: not too heavy, easy and accessible style. Jul 10, Susan rated it it was ok.
This book felt more focused on being a dieter who happened to run than a runner who also wanted to lose weight. I realize this is her story and her view of herself, but I expect confessions of a fat runner to discuss problems finding clothes that fit because they aren't made large enough, not because she didn't like them and bras, etc not to be focused on depression over her divorce.
Considering myself to have been and still kind of be a fat runner, I had expected to be able to relate to the This book felt more focused on being a dieter who happened to run than a runner who also wanted to lose weight.
Considering myself to have been and still kind of be a fat runner, I had expected to be able to relate to the author. I didn't. I feel like I was mislead by the title and description of the book. Your subscription is confirmed for news related to biggest developments in health, medicine and wellbeing. Back to Top. Select a City Close. Your current city: Mumbai Mumbai search close. All Bombay Times print stories are available on.
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Why are people quitting their jobs? Maharaja Padmanabh Singh of Jaipur is bringing back the moustache trend. Unisex hijab by rapper Ghali Amdouni is the hot thing in fashion world. Most stylish pictures of Rajkummar Rao and Patralekhaa. Patralekhaa is all set to wear a Sabyasachi sari and lehenga for her wedding with Rajkummar Rao.
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